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Safety norms thrown to the wind as overloaded buses, matadors rule the city roads No check on traffic rule violations in rural areas 10/9/2016 11:05:59 PM Early Times Report Kathua, Oct 9: The traffic department of the state is ignoring the outskirts and rural belts of the winter capital. There is no check on traffic violation on the outskirts of Kathua city. Matadors and autos continue to overload passengers, causing accidents. The traffic police might be showing extra vigil towards the traffic violators, but the rural belts are being ignored by the department. There is neither any check on the overloading in matadors, buses and autos, nor on bikers without helmet or cars without seatbelt. "We hardly find any traffic policemen here in our village. There is no check on the violation of traffic rules, especially overloading in Matadors and buses. They are always overloaded," said Sukhwant Singh from Jasrota village. Some villagers said the local police occasionally kept a vigil on the check posts, but leave the violators on accepting bribe. Whenever an accident took place in rural area, the main reason behind the accident was overloading, but the authorities do not take any strict action against overloading. Bupinder Singh, a resident of Rajbagh said, whenever an accident takes place in rural areas, the main reason behind it is overloading. However, the authorities have failed to take any strict action against the practice. It is true that traffic rule violations are more common in the rural belts than the cities, but we are making efforts to control these kinds of violations," he added.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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